Are you sure they're plastic? I'd be surprised if they aren't powder coated aluminum, considering that they offer them with either machined or non-machined sidewalls. As to their attraction, I don't...

Nailed it. The cassette came zip tied together with the spacer between the 11t and the lockring, so I assumed that was the order that it needed to be installed in. Now that I've gone back and looked...

I've been on the other side of this, and I'd like to thank the OP for his course of action. As a dog owner, I'd much rather recover my dogs from the pound than have them running loose in the city. I...

I guess something similar came up a couple of days ago (http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/966044-what-tab-peugeot-uo-8-seat-stay.html). And yeah, it does look a lot like the bottle generator...

@FBinNY (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php?u=158672) The image in my head of endo-ing a seven foot long bicycle is both hilarious and terrifying. I played around with the cable angles and length,...

I've got an old MTB Xtracycle cargo bike conversion with cantis in the front and a disc brake on the Xtracycle extension. The disc works great and is sufficient to stop the bike when loaded, which is...

@downwinded (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php?u=328212) There must be a joke here that I'm not getting, but ok. Rear wheel came stock on my old Kona Fire Mt, which I stripped down to build up my...

I should also point out that all of the lights I mentioned (Knog Blinder Road, Cygolight Hotshot, PDW Aether Demon) are bright enough that I only use the flash or pulse modes during the day, and run...